WRC orders Helga’s Preschool to recalculate Colette Morgan’s redundancy payment

The Workplace Relations Commission found Colette Morgan’s redundancy complaint against Helga’s Preschool well founded and ordered the preschool to recalculate her statutory payment. The decision, dated 29 November 2023, says annual and public holiday entitlements must count as working time rather than lay-off periods. Morgan worked at the preschool for about 20 years before being made redundant. She challenged the calculation, which used a weekly wage of €204.68 and treated annual leave as part of lay-off periods. The adjudication officer found that leave entitlements should be included when working out her weekly wage for the redundancy payment. The order requires a recalculation under the Redundancy Payments Act 1967. It does not state the resulting payment amount.